Welcome to the Daily Digest, where the state has signed a health insurance exchange contract, Minnesota candidates are getting more money from out of state, and the DFL is buying ad time for Rick Nolan.

Around Minnesota

The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a lawsuit to keep the voter ID constitutional amendment off of the statewide ballot.

The Minnesota Attorney General argued that the law permits Secretary of State Mark Ritchie to change in the title of the marriage amendment ballot question.

About the blogger

Catharine Richert covers politics for MPR News, and writes PoliGraph, a fact-checking feature that gets behind the spin in Minnesota politics. She has also contributed to MPR’s coverage of the federal health care overhaul. Catharine joined the MPR newsroom in 2011 after finishing a master’s degree at the U of M’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Previously, Catharine worked for PolitiFact.com and Congressional Quarterly. She lives in St. Paul with her husband and son.